"acquiesce" is probably the word you're looking for

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Robert — 12/21/2012 11:38:15 PM (archived)

Verb: Accept something reluctantly but without protest.

Synonym: cop-out.

Moral perspective: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)

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"There's Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre" - TB - 12/21/2012 8:33:52 PM
- excellent reading - FrankC - 12/21/2012 9:49:26 PM
  - Hmm. I thought is was rehash and a waste of time. Oh well. n/t - RobVG - 12/22/2012 5:43:45 PM
  - A well-written article - mcfly - 12/21/2012 10:29:01 PM
    - "acquiesce" is probably the word you're looking for - Robert - 12/21/2012 11:38:15 PM
      - Would you like to define the evil of which you speak? - MaryAnne - 12/22/2012 1:31:45 AM
        
        taxonomies of evil - Robert - 12/22/2012 1:52:56 AM
        
        "We" - MaryAnne - 12/22/2012 2:31:19 AM
    - *sigh* - MaryAnne - 12/21/2012 10:46:44 PM
      - Re: *sigh* - mcfly - 12/21/2012 11:51:53 PM
        
        Re: *sigh* - TB - 12/22/2012 12:44:21 AM
        
        I didn't make that definition up, TB - mcfly - 12/22/2012 1:16:20 AM
        
        seeking vs grasping - FrankC - 12/22/2012 12:33:59 AM
        
        We are saying that the mentality that makes decisions based on the statement "Something must be done"... - MaryAnne - 12/22/2012 12:23:49 AM
      - Welcome to my world. - TB - 12/21/2012 11:03:18 PM
        
        Mary Anne, you're in TB's world? - mcfly - 12/22/2012 12:12:49 AM
        
        lolol - MaryAnne - 12/22/2012 1:40:12 AM

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